Superstar Rajinikanth held ‘secret’ consultations with well-known political analyst and Tughlak editor Cho S. Ramaswamy at his Poes Garden bungalow here on Saturday, triggering speculation whether he would extend support to AIA-DMK chief Ms Jayalalithaa in the Assembly poll. It is known that Mr Cho had negotiated the alliance between her and DMDK’s ‘Captain’ Vijayakanth, bitter foes till then.
Even as the poll heat picked up amid much squabbling between the various allies and also within individual parties for seats and constituencies, Mr Cho held talks with Mr Rajini for about an hour. The two “discussed the prevailing political scene,” a source said.
After the meeting, the two friends left in Mr Cho’s car to an unknown destination. There was no other person in the car as Mr Cho himself drove the vehicle. “We do not know where the two had gone. It does not seem that they went to see Jayalalithaa living close by,” said the source.
Mr Cho was unwilling to come out with a direct answer when asked if he had discussed the coming elections with Mr Rajinikanth and if the latter agreed to support the AIA-DMK. “I cannot say anything at present,” he said.